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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
& R3 Q% j2 k+ C; N, f& h( aWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way," F2 F% I: M& J
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
( J/ ^: `1 q9 @& g1 b+ @. I% IAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
* W& P1 T+ f" `( @His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
* M( S0 c4 u8 j: g. ZWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;
# @8 o/ x2 ]- U3 x7 G; mA mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,
3 t) Q9 [! X6 Z7 Y. U! C R$ D2 N" i1 r- _Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
: k) b I& T; ^" J1 S. xAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,/ B& `- S- a" ]2 R, b$ i9 Y7 A
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
/ q; w2 {4 z1 q1 YAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
% m* f9 x+ H- }( N) Q& CWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
E5 [1 ], S' s+ c) L8 P9 j6 YAnd grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
3 { X! Z" P1 e6 f& J: l- rWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,5 [) S4 z7 p$ \6 p3 I6 n
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.2 q, ]2 w0 l: ^, X& x; K
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
$ Y' l9 u) {& f9 J4 T% n: d' `( BWhere the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,
+ M1 \0 I& ~- n! f% [Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
% D+ b+ P4 T1 C* N: ^# VKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
4 o& l, Q- y G# M' {& W2 HOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,* j( @ L" n# o* V( k! {/ r+ _. e
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;6 }5 l8 R7 L: ]: z4 P; j+ O& d
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee, F+ t0 s$ O# ?. c- Q' D* M
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.9 V( X, v$ U7 D1 p+ r, U
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And the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide/ H- R2 |: d: E* v2 F, E7 M8 s3 Z: q
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
' s* ?9 g* x7 OIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,- V" T, M0 ^% A7 @$ T, p# A
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
/ N8 \% X J+ ~1 I; IHand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,4 s8 c) ~; W) x* G2 v
On their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;2 {0 U( ?, t2 |, u% R* r: ?
From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,2 ^: c. [9 y7 _1 n8 v5 C+ ~
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
K6 v8 W9 q7 M" \, U----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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